MPD: 2 men were stabbed outside restaurant

Published 12:00 pm, Monday, March 7, 2016

A Midland man was arrested Sunday for allegedly stabbing two men outside Javi’s Restaurant, according to court documents.

Gearado S. Collazo, 51, was being held Monday on two second-degree felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held on a $75,000 bond for one of the charges; bond for the other charge had not been set as of Monday evening.

Officers made contact with Collazo during a traffic stop, at which point Collazo stated he and a woman had been having an argument at Javi’s when two individuals approached and attempted to break up the argument, according to his arrest affidavit.

Collazo said two men began to push and punch him, leaving him with a swollen left eye, according to the affidavit.

Dispatch then advised that two men had arrived at Midland Memorial Hospital emergency room with stab wounds and that they had both been stabbed at Javi’s, according to the affidavit. The men told police that they were leaving the restaurant when they saw Collazo push a woman to the ground, punch her and attempt to drag her back into the bar, according to the affidavit.

The two men stepped in to push Collazo away from the woman, and then Collazo began kicking and punching them, according to the affidavit.

Collazo then got into his vehicle and left the scene.

One of the men then noticed he had a stab wound on the left side of his stomach and the other man noticed a laceration to his left hand, according to the affidavit.

If convicted of the two second-degree felonies, Collazo could face up to 40 years in prison.